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Dreams
I was thinking about dreams the other day, the different kinds we experience, sleeping dreams, hopes and dreams, daydreams…you know, dreams. There are times when the semi-conscious or sleeping mind can generate such incredibly vivid things. Maybe it’s time to pay attention to what your heart and mind are saying when we aren’t so busy. I started reading an interesting…
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Abiding Time
Beauty in the simple things – Flowers, sky and grass. Hopeful in the daily things, Your guidance all I ask. I turn my heart to you each day And ask to be Your light. Walking in the paths You’ve tread, From morning into night. And now the whispers in the wind Remind my soul of You. I feel Your hand…
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Cast Away
They were old fashioned wooden crates, rough and bulky with plenty of splinters. One had to be careful handling them. Each one had the contents within stenciled on the outside in glossy black paint. Shouting, all in capital letters, there was WORK, DOG, COUNTRY, FINANCES, FRIEND’S HEALTH, and the catch-all of EVERYTHING ELSE. As the days passed, the pile of…
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Trusting
Ok, ok – I admit it, I like to have understanding of what is happening when. How will things play out? What is next? Are things in order? Sometimes I want things to be known immediately. Alright, almost always I want to know things immediately. A friend of mine says I’m a “ready, fire, aim” person in some things. I…
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Beautiful June
We had beautiful irises blooming along the rock hedge at the top of the hill at the farm. Mom used to call them “June Bloomers”. I didn’t know until I was several years older that they had another name…Irises. Every year when the calendar turns over to June, I think of Mom and those flowers. I love summer because the…
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I Remember…
It is a holiday weekend – specifically, Memorial Day. I have seen posts about Veteran’s who landed on the shores of France, knowing that the odds of coming home were minute. They went. They didn’t question. The markers showing their unquestioning commitment is stunning. What kind of people would sign up for such duty? Who would say, “yes” to that?…
